1983 Tanton 43

Beautiful distance cruiser

Year:

1983

Length:

44'

Engine/Fuel Type:

Single / diesel

Located In:

La Roche Bernard, France

Hull Material:

Fiberglass

YW#:

66231-2855916

Current Price:

EUR 79,000 Tax Paid (US$ 83,392)

I sold this boat to her current owners in 1996. They have loved her in every sense. Solid, comfortable, safe, her cat ketch rig with wishbones makes for easy handling and fast passage making. A warm, practical interior makes her a wonderful boat to spend time on. Sunbird International Yacht Sales in St Malo are delighted to offer her.

Sunbird International Yacht Sales are a dynamic & growing team. At their own marina on the Clyde, Sunbird are Britain's longest serving Bénéteau dealer and also offer Bénéteau export sales and service through their offices in Palma, Mallorca, and Gocek /Marmaris, Turkey. New offices opened in St Malo and Hyères in France, and at Hamble Point in England.

At St Malo we are available every day, so do not hesitate to call or email. +33 777 287995, colin.sinclair@sunbirdyachts.eu You can also drop in to the office at Marc Noel Voile on the Sablons marina in St Malo, Tuesday to Saturday, 0900-1200 & 1400-1800.

Here at Sunbird we really do work as a team, so of course you can directly contact our French, English & German speaking Brokers in St Malo, who know the owner very well, but feel equally free to contact your local Sunbird office or a member of the Sunbird team you have dealt with before. We will all be very happy to help!

Galley is on the starboard side with 4 burner Force 10 cooker and oven with grill; Twin cool boxes – one with refrigeration plates; twin s/s sinks with hot and cold water plus foot pump for filtered drinking water and second foot pump for saltwater on a long voyage; numerous lockers and cupboards throughout the boat

Frigomatic water cooled refrigerator unit (2011)

Forecabin with large double berth, lockers wardrobe and ensuite heads and shower.

Original Blue Book Certificate of British Registry from Guernsey Official No 703841

Lloyds Register of Shipping Building Certificate No YSC/500106

Bill of Sale (1996)

Manuals and invoices for most work carried out in present ownership from (1996)

Numerous papers, invoices and history with logs back to 1988.

Owners' comments

Yves-Marie Tanton designed bluewater cat-ketch with carbon fibre unstayed masts and wishbone booms with Lloyds Building Certificate. Set up for comfortable short-handed long distance cruising with a shallow-draft long fin keel. Retrousé stern for safety and comfort at sea fitted with electric and windvane self-steering gear (Monitor). Beta 43hp diesel engine. Wind generator and stern passarelle/swimming ladder. Recent survey (September 2014) with all significant issues completed. Regularly maintained and upgraded. 6/8 berths in three cabins. Two heads and separate shower. Large aft chart table with Raymarine chart plotter/ radar, ICOM SSB radio and VHF. Ready commissioned for the 2015 season.

Rollon has been a delightful boat to own, sail and live aboard (5 years) and entertain new friends in the spacious cockpit.. We have sailed it down to and around the Mediterranean and prior to our ownership it completed four Atlantic crossings. The last at an average of 7 knots. We have always felt safe, even in winds up to 70 knots in the Gibraltar Straits.

It is a sea kindly boat and its carbon spars flex to the wind to give a comfortable long keel feel to the ride. So easy for a couple to sail with no winching when tacking – you just turn the wheel.

Rollon has produced interest and comment wherever we have sailed her. Often seeing men explaining how she sailed to their female companions, as they passed in their dinghys. Rollon needs a new adventure and new people for her to look after while at sea

Broker's Remarks

What can we possibly add to the owners' comments and the massive inventory? Only perhaps to say how delighted we are to cross tacks, 19 years later, with this super cruising yacht, and to discover just how wonderful she looks today! She was always just asking to be loved, and for nearly 20 years, she has.